scholarly journals Bird species inventory in secondary tropical montane cloud forest at Cloudbridge Nature Reserve, Talamanca Mountains, Costa Rica

Check List ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-65
Author(s):  
Jennifer R. Powell ◽  
Jonathan P. Slifkin ◽  
Frank T. Spooner ◽  
Jeffrey Roth ◽  
Laurie Allnatt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Point Count ◽  
Species Inventory ◽  
Montane Cloud Forest ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Slope ◽  
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests

The tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF) of the Talamanca Mountains of Costa Rica are a unique and understudied habitat that is home to a high number of endemic bird species. Cloudbridge Nature Reserve is a TMCF reforestation reserve lying on the Pacific slope of Cerro Chirripó in the cantón of Pérez Zeledón. Here, we synthesize data collected at Cloudbridge between March 2016 and May 2020 from multi-year point count, walking, call-playback, and camera trap surveys along with photographs collected from February 2007 to April 2021 to present a bird species inventory of the reserve. In total, 204 bird species from 40 families, including 40 endemic species, were identified, and monthly presence summarized for each species. We discuss the implications of our findings for understanding TMCF avian communities, as well as the importance of year-round surveys using a variety of techniques to better capture overall avian diversity.

scholarly journals Biogeography of Tropical Montane Cloud Forests. Part II: Mapping of Orographic Cloud Immersion

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (8) ◽  
pp. 2183-2197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Udaysankar S. Nair ◽  
Salvi Asefi ◽  
Ronald M. Welch ◽  
D. K. Ray ◽  
Robert O. Lawton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
United Nations Environment Programme ◽  
Cloud Base ◽  
Trade Wind ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Modis Data ◽  
Monitoring Centre ◽  
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests

Abstract This study details two unique methods to quantify cloud-immersion statistics for tropical montane cloud forests (TMCFs). The first technique uses a new algorithm for determining cloud-base height using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) cloud products, and the second method uses numerical atmospheric simulation along with geostationary satellite data. Cloud-immersion statistics are determined using MODIS data for March 2003 over the study region consisting of Costa Rica, southern Nicaragua, and northern Panama. Comparison with known locations of cloud forests in northern Costa Rica shows that the MODIS-derived cloud-immersion maps successfully identify known cloud-forest locations in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) database. Large connected regions of cloud immersion are observed in regions in which the trade wind flow is directly impinging upon the mountain slopes; in areas in which the flow is parallel to the slopes, a fractured spatial distribution of TMCFs is observed. Comparisons of the MODIS-derived cloud-immersion map with the model output show that the MODIS product successfully captures the important cloud-immersion patterns in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica. The areal extent of cloud immersion is at a maximum during morning hours and at a minimum during the afternoon, before increasing again in the evening. Cloud-immersion frequencies generally increase with increasing elevation and tend to be higher on the Caribbean Sea side of the mountains. This study shows that the MODIS data may be used successfully to map the biogeography of cloud forests and to quantify cloud immersion over cloud-forest locations.

New species of Calathea (Marantaceae) endemic to Costa Rica

1997 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 1356-1362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Osa Peninsula ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Slope ◽  
Cordillera De Talamanca

Calathea hylaeanthoides Kennedy, Calathea retroflexa Kennedy, and Calathea incompta Kennedy are described as new. All three species are endemic to Costa Rica. Calathea hylaeanthoides and C. incompta are from the Osa Peninsula, while C. retroflexa is from midelevation on the Pacific slope of the Cordillera de Talamanca. Calathea hylaeanthoides belongs to Calathea section Breviscapus, C. retroflexa belongs to Calathea section Calathea, and C. incompta belongs to the "Ornata group" of Calathea. Key words: Marantaceae, Calathea, Costa Rica, endemism.

Biomass and nutrient pools of canopy and terrestrial components in a primary and a secondary montane cloud forest, Costa Rica

2004 ◽  
Vol 198 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nalini M Nadkarni ◽  
Douglas Schaefer ◽  
Teri J Matelson ◽  
Rodrigo Solano
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Nutrient Pools ◽  
Montane Cloud Forest

Biomass and water storage dynamics of epiphytes in old-growth and secondary montane cloud forest stands in Costa Rica

Plant Ecology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 193 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Köhler ◽  
Conrado Tobón ◽  
K. F. Arnoud Frumau ◽  
L. A. (Sampurno) Bruijnzeel
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Cloud Forest ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Forest Stands ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Montane Cloud Forest

scholarly journals New species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica and Panama

Zootaxa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ÁNGEL SOLÍS ◽  
BERT KOHLMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Costa Rica ◽  
Dung Beetles ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Pacific Slope ◽  
First Time

The following new species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Costa Rica and Panama are described: Copris tridentatus sp. nov., Onthophagus notiodes sp. nov., Onthophagus xiphias sp. nov. and Trichillum arcus sp. nov. Pedaridium bradyporum (Boucomont) is reported from the Pacific slope of Costa Rica for the first time. Drawings of the dorsal habitus of all species are provided.

A new species of climbing Chamaedorea (Arecaceae) from Chiapas, Mexico

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 522 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-108
Author(s):  
MIGUEL ANGEL PÉREZ-FARRERA ◽  
JOSÉ SAID GUTIÉRREZ-ORTEGA ◽  
DONALD R. HODEL ◽  
DIEGO VILLAR-MORALES ◽  
NANCY GABRIELA SANTOS-HERNÁNDEZ ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Biosphere Reserve ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
San Marcos ◽  
Pacific Slope ◽  
Tacaná Volcano ◽  
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests ◽  
Surrounding Areas ◽  
Floristic Studies ◽  
A New Species

Chamaedorea tacanensis (Arecaceae), a new species from the Tacaná Volcano Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas, Mexico, is described based on morphological and phylogenetic data. It is morphologically similar to C. elatior, the only other climbing species in the genus. However, C. tacanensis is distinguished by having linear pinnae (lanceolate in C. elatior), petioles emerging glaucous (glabrous in C. elatior), and longer rachises, blades and peduncles than C. elatior. Also, C. tacanensis has pinnate-leaved seedlings and juveniles, whereas they are simple or bifid in C. elatior. The two taxa form separate monophyletic groups. Geographically, C. tacanensis is found in tropical montane cloud forests of the Pacific slope whereas C. elatior mostly occurs in lowland tropical forests of the Atlantic slope. Chamaedorea tacanensis has been recorded in only three localities: two in the Tacaná Volcano Biosphere Reserve, Mexico, and one in San Marcos, Guatemala. Further floristic studies in surrounding areas might better clarify the geographic distribution range of this species.

scholarly journals Noteworthy records of the birds Neomorphus radiolosus Sclater and Salvin, 1878 (Cuculiformes: Cuculidae), Geotrygon frenata (Tschudi, 1843) (Columbiformes: Columbidae) and Odontophorus hyperythrus Gould, 1858 (Galliformes: Odontophoridae) in the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes

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2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1584
Author(s):  
Jesús Martínez-Gómez ◽  
Vladimir Rojas-Díaz ◽  
Carlos A. Saavedra-Rodríguez ◽  
Padu Franco
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Camera Trapping ◽  
Promising Tool ◽  
Western Cordillera ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Altitudinal Limit ◽  
Pacific Slope ◽  
Chestnut Wood

We recorded the Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus), White-throated Quail-Dove (Geotrygon frenata) and Chestnut Wood-Quail (Odontophorus hyperythrus) in the Pacific Slope of the Western Andes of Colombia. Records of N. radiolosus extend its geographic distribution 130 km north of its known range. The species had probably not been recorded yet because of its rarity and the absence of studies. Records of G. frenata and O. hyperythrus extend their lower altitudinal limit into 430 m and 1140 m, respectively. Camera trapping appears as promising tool for recording data of the distribution of bird species.

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